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2006: Natalya Pinchuk

AJF is delighted to announce this year’s winner of the EAA is Natalya Pinchuk. The jury was comprised of retired metals professor Arline Fisch, curator Gail M Brown and well-known jewelry artist Nancy Worden. The jury chose from 33 entries representing all regions of the United States as well as the Netherlands and Turkey. The […]

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2003: Youyen Chang

Yuyen Chang, a MFA graduate from the University of Wisconsin, won this year’s EAA of $2000. ‘The work of artist Yuyen Chang was of consistent high quality and finesse combined with a fresh approach to art jewelry. In the best of traditions, the pieces are strongly sculptural but eminently wearable. The surfaces were handled beautifully

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2001: Mark Rooker

In this second year of the award program, Mark Rooker was the winner out of an overall field of 39 entries. ‘His brooches focus on social issues that affect us all: our obsessions about body image, sex, wealth and guns,’ noted Mia McEldowney, independent curator and CERF trustee, who chaired the judging panel this year.

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2000: Yeonmi Kang

Yeonmi Kang of Urbana, Illinois, United States, won this first ever award which was announced at the annual conference of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ‘Our goal was to acknowledge promise, innovation and individuality,’ said Gail M Brown, independent curator and AJF member who was instrumental in bringing the idea

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